Notes: Much of the set features two violinists and three brass players, and beautiful harmonies from Graham, Rob and Joe. This is the first show of the tour and you can feel pieces clicking into place. Glen tells the story of how he first met and played with Leonard Cohen’s Spanish guitar player Javier Mas, adds that they’d run into each other a few days prior at a rehearsal studio in LA, and invites him on stage to join the band. Lisa Hannigan is also in town, having played a set the night before with her band and Joe Henry. Glen and the lads attended the gig and loved their encore so much they want to replicate it. He talks of performing with Levon Helm at his Midnight Ramble, and in further tribute to their hero they add The Shape I’m In. At this point there are 16 people on stage, including Brendan O’Donough (stage tech for the tour), who plays a mean guitar. It is a huge, astounding, ecstatic sound, a huge night.